Ayaz!
Dad, where are you?
Dad, my beloved dad.
Ayaz!
Ayaz!
Ayaz! Dad, where are you?
What’s wrong with you?
Stop getting on my nerves.
Get up.
I wish you'd died like the rest
of them and left me in peace.
Come on, get up,
I hope you die like them.
( Ardeshir Nejati )
Uncle Ardeshir told me he's not
going to come back anymore.
Ayaz!
Grandpa!
Grandpa!
Go, go, go.
Go, go, go.
Grab it! Take his leg!
Grab his leg!
Don’t just stare at me!
Hold on to it tightly.
In the name of God.
Grab on to it! Don’t move!
Damn you humans!
It's all infected, Aargh!
Grab on to it tightly.
I saw it.
What a hunt!
Come on Help me!
If we’re lucky, there won’t
be a snake in his stomach.
No other drug can cure this pain
better than boar’s stomach.
Take the cloth off his leg.
You've got the fate worse than death!
Ebrahim, I’ve brought
these drugs for Ayaz,
rub it on his legs,
hope it makes it all better soon.
Are you fine, Ebrahim?
How’s everything going?
Not bad.
You’re not going to Boosher
any more, are you?
Why bother going to Booshehr?
Whoever I had is either
on the ground or under ground,
Ebrahim, I don't know what you've got in
that village that you just won't let it go.
Here we’ve got a couple of rooms,
come here and live in one of them.
Auntie, you know Ayaz
better than anyone. He is so stubborn.
No.
Don't take me away from here.
Toulou Khan asks you to provide him a
descriptive account of the patient.
A descriptive account?!
It means what his problem
is and what caused it?
Actually, a year ago,
my grandfather, Ayaz,
was bringing my uncle Ardeshir’s
wife home with his minibus.
On the way back, the minibus
fell down the valley.
All the passengers were killed.
my dad,
my mum,
my sister,
my grandmother, who was Ayaz’s wife.
It was all his fault.
He was the driver.
Since then he hasn’t said a word.
A while ago, I was passing
by in the desert,
where I saw him fallen on the ground,
I took him to the hospital. They said
he was paralysed from the waist down,
I brought him home.
A couple of times he
tried to strangle me.
Now I drugged him to be
able to bring him to you.
Toulou Khan knows the reason why.
Which is?
His family’s death.
I knew that already!
Don’t be a smartass in front of
Toulou Khan, you rude!
Aren't you ashamed!
Now what are we supposed to do?
Toulou Khan asks if you
saw anything suspicious.
Everything is suspicious,
but during night some strange
noises are heard around the house.
Oh no!
Toulou Khan says he’s possessed.
Possessed!
What should we do now?
Toulou Khan says we must
do a ritual for him.
Away, away!
Go away, demons!
Ayaz! Ayaz! What’s wrong?
Are you in pain?
Are you hungry?
Do you want some water?
Should I go and fetch you some?
Grandpa?
I’m talking to you.
What is it?
What an unfortunate fate he's got!
Ebrahim, you’re not that
young so I can advise you,
nor old enough to have
some life experience.
Narges is my daughter,
the light of my life.
Don’t you think I’m tired of her.
You’re my nephew,
I love you just like my own child.
Marry her and bring her to this house
so the death and misfortune leave here.
We old ones don't talk in vain.
God is the kindest.
Ebrahim! I’m not talking to the wall.
Don't be afraid.
It’s Ok, it’s nothing,
it’s gone, it’s gone.
Ebrahim!
Ebrahim!
What?
I want to go to see my mother
for a couple of days.
I miss her.
Ok, I’ll take you tomorrow.
Narges, come.
What is it?
I’ll give you the testimony and
you repeat after me, Ayaz:
I testify that there
is no god but God,
and I testify that Muhammad is
His servant and His messenger,
Say God is unique and
Muhammad is His prophet
Imam Ali is the wali (friend) of God.
God is just and
His prophet is right.
Be afraid of the first
night of the grave.
Be afraid of the darkness
and loneliness of the grave.
Who’s the first Imam who
comes to protect you? Imam Ali.
( Prayers for the dying )
Oh God, the generous God,
may your mercy be upon us.
You are all merciful.
Writer and Director
Hadi Mohaghegh
Co-writer
Saber Mohammadi
Producer
Seyyed Reza Mohaghegh . Majid Barzegar
Cast
Yadollah Shademani , Mesam Farhoumand
Parisa Vaseli , Fateme Bahador
Mahyar Abravan , Manouchehr Oshkoee
Tolou Bizhani , Hamdollah Azizi
Director of Photography
Rouzbeh Rayga
Editor
Majid Barzegar
Sound Recordist
Ali Edalatdoust
Sound Designer and Mix
Arash Ghasemi , Mohammad Medi Javaherzadeh
Set and Costume Designer
Hossein Ghezelbash
Make up Artist
Pedram Zargar
Artistic Consultant
Ali Morabbi
Visual Effect Designer
Farid Nazer Fasihi
Production Manager
Hamed Gholami
Colorist
Saman Vafaee